Assessing New Developments in Collection Security

Some New Developments in Small Area Estimation

Small area estimation has received a lot of attention in recent years due to growing demand for reliable small area statistics. Traditional area-specific estimators may not provide adequate precision because sample sizes in small areas are seldom large enough. This makes it necessary to employ indirect estimators based on linking models. Basic area level and unit level models have been extensiv...

New Frontiers: Assessing and Managing Security Risks

World Developments in Social Security

Almost without exception the nations of the world are committed to programs of social security-programs that vary from country to country but have in common the establishment of protection, generally through compulsory social insurance, against such risks as sickness and the economic consequences of unemployment, disability, old age, and death. The following survey, based largely on a longer re...

Recent developments in assessing medical students.

Most medical schools in the UK are revising their undergraduate courses in response to the recommendations published by the General Medical Council Education Committee in Tomorrow's doctors. However, achievement of the objectives of curricular change is attendant on revision of the assessment process. This paper reviews traditional and more recently developed methods for assessment of medical e...

A Comparative Study of Security Council's Dual Standards toward Recent Developments in Libya and Bahrain

With international peace and security covering a broader concept and restriction of governments' authority, issues such as human rights have become intertwined with international peace and security and are no longer an internal issue of governments. It is such that international society may react toward it and make some decisions. What seems important is how Security Council deals with such iss...